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Nitty Gritty-Downtown

Visit their website: www.nittygrittybirthdayplace.com

Marsh Shapiro's Nitty Gritty has been a popular bar and grill on the UW campus for 35 years, where restaurateurs Marsh and Susan Shapiro have been personally greeting patrons. Serving basic and gourmet burgers, specialty sandwiches and salads and wonderful homemade specials daily. An upstairs facility is also available for larger functions or celebrations. Family friendly atmosphere where 50 to 60 birthdays are celebrated daily at Madison's Official Birthday Place.

The Nitty Gritty Ageing with Style

As Featured in the August 2005 Issue of Madison Originals Magazine

A quick quiz for self-described residents of a college town. Due to sporting events at the Kohl Center, you have been to the Nitty Gritty:
a) Once on game day
b) At least twice in one weekend
c) What’s wrong with sleeping on a cot halfway between the [...]

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Nitty Gritty-Downtown
223 N. Frances Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-251-2521


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